I've heard they're the same instrument, just one is plucked and the other one used with a bow. I always thought they are two similar, but different, instruments. What's right?
2006-08-28 02:57:47 · 9 answers · asked by Angela J 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
violin is one that you put near your chin and the banjo is one that you play like a guitar. You can pluck both. but play with a bow on the violin. They are both Acoustic Instruments. They are only similar in that they have strings but they have different kinds of strings see a music shop for more info
2006-08-28 03:00:11 · answer #1 · answered by sarell 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
the violin and the banjo are two completely different instruments, though both ARE in the string family, along with guitars, cellos, harps, etc. The banjo is a plucked instrument which has a circular resonance chamber, not unlike a drum (it even has a skin, or nowadays plastic, covering), and it also has a very long neck. It's played similarly to a guitar. The banjo is typically constructed of metal or wood and is African American in its origins. The violin is a bowed instrument and has a more oddly shaped resonance chamber, sometimes described as an "hourglass" shape. The neck is shorter in proportion to the body than a banjo and it is constructed of wood and glue. The violin originated in Italy in the 1500's. Some of the instruments that the first luthiers of violins took their inspiration from, may have had some very small resemblance to the banjo.
2006-08-28 04:31:42 · answer #2 · answered by notsogoodatansweringquestions 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Banjo And Violin
2016-12-18 15:28:03 · answer #3 · answered by frantz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The typical banjo bridge, especially the designs made popular by Grover, has some
strings ... some styled after the violin bridge with no direct route ...The size of the air chamber has a great deal to do with the banjo's tone, too...
2006-08-28 03:17:11 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Huge difference. They are two entirely different instruments played in different ways and constructed differently.
Violin: all wood construction, four strings played by friction of rubbing a horsehair bow across the strings.
Banjo: wood, metal, skin and sometimes plastic construction, four or more strings, played by plucking or strumming.
They may be interchangeable for performing country music, but they are quite definitely different instruments entirely.
2006-08-28 03:13:27 · answer #5 · answered by kittybriton 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A BANJO IS PART OF THE GUITAR FAMILY AND A VIOLIN IS PART OF THE STRING FAMILY. GUITARS ARE USUALLY STRUMMED WHILE VIOLINS USE A BOW IN A UP AND DOWN MOTION. OCCASSIONALLY A PIECE WILL CALL FOR THE STRINGS ON THE VIOLIN TO BE PLUCKED BUT IT IS RARE. GUITARS HAVE 6 STRINGS AND VIOLINS HAVE 4.
GUITAR:E A D G B E
VIOLIN: G D A E
2006-08-28 03:02:29 · answer #6 · answered by Wise Hermit 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
they are two totally different instruments...are you talking about the mandolin and the violin? The banjo is in the guitar family.
2006-08-28 03:56:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
violin and a banjo are two totally different instruments. a banjo is more similar to a guitar. a fiddle and a violin are the same instrument though.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banjo
2006-08-28 03:03:30 · answer #8 · answered by Jake S 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They are two different instruments. They have strings that's how they are similar.
2006-08-28 03:53:22 · answer #9 · answered by renaegonzo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋